Megasphaeroceras Imlay 1961 (ammonite)

Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Otoitidae

Full reference: R.W. Imlay. 1961. New Genera and Subgenera of Jurassic (Bajocian) Ammonites from Alaska. Journal of Paleontology 35(3):467-474

Parent taxon: Otoitidae according to R.W. Imlay 1961

Sister taxa: Docidoceras, Emileia, Frogdenites, Mollistephanus, Otoites, Parachondroceras, Pseudotoites, Trilobiticeras, Zemistephanus

Subtaxa: Megasphaeroceras rotundum

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Type: Megasphaeroceras rotundum

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Argentina (1 collection), Chile (3), United States (13: Idaho, Utah, Wyoming)

Total: 17 collections including 18 occurrences

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